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John Murton
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Sustainable finance, EVs, renewables, energy transition….. former #COP26 Envoy now at Standard Chartered
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Wow. Watch these Fox News hosts talk about all the climate fueled factors that helped cause the historic California fires but can't bring themselves to connect that final dot.

There is no time to wait. #LookUp #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #renewables
February 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
My four year-old is an evil genius. Me: “why have you squashed all the mini-#MilkyWays in the #celebrations box? I thought they were your favourite?” 4 year old: “they are. And they are my brother’s favourite too. But he doesn’t like squished ones…”
December 31, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Emergency Twixmas period plumbing. Always fascinated by how everyday items we never usually think about work. And how much we have to think about them when they don’t work….. Jerry rigged for tonight!
December 27, 2024 at 6:04 PM
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NEW RECORD: 2024 is the first year in history when wind, solar and hydropower generated more electricity than fossil fuels in the UK.
December 10, 2024 at 8:10 AM
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Canada. We’re boring that way.
December 7, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Where in the world tonight?!
December 5, 2024 at 4:06 PM
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1 in 4 cars sold in the UK in November were electric.

Despite all the negativity in the media about EV sales being down and so on - the market keeps on growing.

Too often media reports just reflect the author's own dislike of EVs more than anything.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
A Quarter of New Cars Sold in the UK Were Electric in November
One in four new cars registered in the UK last month were fully electric, a transportation research group said, touting the new figures as evidence that the country’s EV sales mandate is working.
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:16 AM
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STRIKING NEW DATA: More than a quarter of new cars sold in the UK in November were battery EVs (so much for "stalling sales")

📈BEV sales up 51% year-on-year
📉Petrol sales down 35% year-on-year (!)

Data from New Automotive
December 5, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Hello Hive Brain…. So I’m readying for a #heatpump…. One suggestion made to me is to use #insulating paint inside my old house when decorating. Sounds a bit hocus pocus/fairy dust but a Google search is a bit inconclusive. Does anyone have any insight/experience/knowledge?
November 28, 2024 at 9:40 AM
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Indonesia's electricity mix is dominated by coal, so it's a pretty stunning statement by President Prabowo Subianto to say that the government plans to retire all the nation’s coal power plants within 15 years to help stem global warming

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 22, 2024 at 10:24 AM
#EV challenges: flat batteries. We currently run three cars: two EVs and one 13 year old small ICE (because my three teenagers are learning to drive and need a gearbox & are uninsurable on the EVs). But EVs can’t jump-start when batteries are dead. Had to call my neighbour to jump start the ICE….
November 22, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Heat pumps. Hopefully that’ll get @janrosenow.bsky.social and @mliebreich.bsky.social’s attention. Just had an MCS quote for my house…..
November 21, 2024 at 6:11 PM
This is astonishingly large. Each blade tip covers almost 850 metres every rotation.
November 19, 2024 at 11:47 AM
I know I should be used to the numbers by now, but these figures continue to astonish me. I don’t think most people realise how fast #renewables, #batteries and #ZEVs are going to erode demand for fossil fuel. The Stone Age didn’t end because we ran out of stones….
November 19, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Loving the red London taxis in #Baku at #COP29. I always thought it was a winning design that should be seen more widely than it is.
November 19, 2024 at 11:35 AM
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Cold climate heat pumps have arrived.

Even down to -25C some models still deliver heat with an efficiency superior to fossil fuel heating systems.

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Heat pumps used to struggle in the cold. Not anymore.
Some cold climate heat pumps can be more than 100 percent efficient even in subzero temperatures.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 16, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Just arrived from the other side…. Here you all are! 😃
November 16, 2024 at 10:24 AM